I took the next photos in October. Evans McKeil was built in Panama in 1936! The cement barge she’s paired with–Metis— was built as a ship in 1956 and converted to a barge in 1991.

Wilf Seymour was built in 1961 in Port Arthur TX. I’ve always only seen her paired with Alouette Spirit. Here she’s heading upbound into the Beauharnois Lock. The digital readout (-0.5) indicates she’s using the Cavotec automated mooring system instead of lines and line handlers.

Moving forward to Troy NY, I don’t think the name of this tug is D. A. Collins,

but I know these are Benjamin Elliot, Lucy H, and 8th Sea.

Miss Gill waited alongside some scows at the booming port of Coeymans.